Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2023-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Packer demand moderate. Demand good for replacement cows.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,617	123.21	1,992	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,369	110.63	1,514	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,110	94.87	1,053	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,079	91.85	991	130

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$1,602	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,479	$1,600	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,575	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,345	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,182	$1,415	19
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,038	$1,070	10
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$1,275	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Oklahoma National Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Oklahoma City, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,269	1,595.12/head	1,400.00–1,660.00	1,595	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,115	1,223.47/head	1,100.00–1,425.00	1,223	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	969	1,017.03/head	900.00–1,125.00	1,017	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,601.95/head	1,525.00–1,635.00	1,602	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,070.00/head	1,070.00–1,070.00	1,070	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,479	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,141	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,285	117.51/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,510	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,242	108.36/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,346	3
Bulls	—	—	1,760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,464	1
Bulls	—	—	1,738	125.02/cwt	123.00–128.00	2,173	7
Bulls	—	—	1,815	133.70/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,427	8
Bulls	—	—	1,596	115.56/cwt	102.00–119.00	1,844	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	730	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	101.72/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,156	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	88.50/cwt	80.00–94.00	937	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	96.97/cwt	94.50–99.00	1,101	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	95.95/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,130	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	110.35/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,449	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	120.19/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,827	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	103.79/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,371	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	767	71.96/cwt	71.00–79.00	552	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	92.34/cwt	90.00–94.00	873	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	905	80.85/cwt	77.00–85.00	732	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	832	63.22/cwt	57.00–74.00	526	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	102.42/cwt	99.00–104.50	1,251	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	110.62/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,438	12

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Oklahoma National Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Oklahoma City, OK

Tue Sep 26, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 297Last week 237Year ago 1,034

Replacement CattleReceipts 170Last week 70Year ago 69

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Packer demand moderate. Demand good for replacement cows.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,269	1,400.00–1,660.00	1,595.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,115	1,525.00–1,635.00	1,601.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,005	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,479	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,115	1,100.00–1,425.00	1,223.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	969	900.00–1,125.00	1,017.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,038	1,070.00	1,070.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,275.00	1,275.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	943	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,285	115.00–119.00	117.51
3	—	1,242	107.00–110.00	108.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	140.00	140.00
7	—	1,738	123.00–128.00	125.02
8	—	1,815	131.00–137.00	133.70
6	—	1,596	102.00–119.00	115.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	73.00	73.00
9	—	1,136	101.00–104.00	101.72
42	—	1,059	80.00–94.00	88.50
62	—	1,135	94.50–99.00	96.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,178	90.00–98.00	95.95
43	—	1,221	99.00–104.50	102.42
12	—	1,300	105.00–115.00	110.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,313	108.00–114.00	110.35
12	—	1,520	117.00–125.00	120.19
16	—	1,321	99.00–106.00	103.79
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	767	71.00–79.00	71.96
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	945	90.00–94.00	92.34
7	—	905	77.00–85.00	80.85
6	—	832	57.00–74.00	63.22

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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